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AIDUONDIP-IUIW P1OM-900S :sapN)U] ook” ISG HSINVAS NUMBERS 0 cero 1 uno 2 dos a tres 4 cuatro 5 cinco 6 seis 7 siete 8 ‘ocho 9 mueve 10 diez i once 12 doce 13 trece 4 catorce 15 quince 16 dieciséis 1 diecisiete 18 dieciocho 19 diecinueve 20 veinte 30 treinta 40 cuarenta 50 cincuenta 60 sesenta 70 setenta 80 ochenta 90 noventa 100 cien 1lete. cientouno 200etc. doscientos 1,000 mil 1,000,001, unmillén thero ono dos tres kwatro theenko says syete ocho nwebe dyeth onthe dothe trethe katorthe keenthe dyetheesays dyetheesyete dyetheeocho dyetheenwebe baynte traynta kwarenta theenkwenta ssesenta setenta ochenta nobenta thyen thyento oono dosthyentos meel on meelyon SPANISH Phrase book Carol Stanley and Philippa Goodrich BBC Books Consultant: Julia Bueno Published by BBC Books A division of BBC Enterprises Ltd Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 OTT ISBN 0 563 21515-1 First published 1991 Reprinted 1992, 1993 (twice), 1994 © Carol Stanley and Philippa Goodrich 1991 Set in Times Roman by Ace Filmsetting Ltd, Frome ‘Text and Cover printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc Published on consultation with the BBC Continuing Education Advisory Council Contents All-purpose phrases Howtouse this book Pronunciation The Spanish alphabet General conversation Arriving in the country Directions Road travel Car and bicycle parts Taxis Airtravel Travelling by train Buses and coaches Underground travel Boats and ferries Atthe tourist office Accommodation Telephones Changing money Eating and drinking Menu reader Shopping Business trips Sightseeing Entertainments Sports and activities Health Parts of the body Problems and complaints Basic grammar Days. months. dates Time Countries and nationalities General signs and notices inside back cover 101 134 138 Conversion tables National holidays Useful addresses ‘Numbers Dictionary Spanish/English English/Spanish Emergencies HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Communicating in a foreign language doesn't have to be diffi- cult - you can convey a lot with just a few words (plus a few gestures and a bit of mime). Just remember: keep it simple. Don't try to come out with long, grammatically perfect sen- tences when one or two words will get your meaning across. Inside the back cover of this book is a list of All-purpose phrases. Some will help you to make contact ~ greetings. “please’and thank you’, yes’ and ‘no’. Some are to get people to help you understand what they're saying to you. And some are questions like “do you have. . .?” and ‘where is... .?",to which you can add words from the Dictionary at the back of the book. The book is divided into sections for different situations, such as Road travel, Shopping, Health and so on. In each section you'll find © Useful tips and information @ Words and phrases that you'll see on signs or in print © Phrases you are likely to want to say © Things that people may say to you Many of the phrases can be adapted by simply using another word from the Dictionary. For instance, take the question GEsté lejos el aeropuerto? (Is the airport far away”). Ifyou want to know ifthe station is far away, just substitute Ia estacion (the station) for el aeropuerto to give {Esta lejos la estacién’? All the phrases have a simple pronunciation guide underneath based on English sounds - this is explained in Pronunciation (page 5). If you want some guidance on how the Spanish language works, see Basic grammar (page 172). lol =! There's a handy reference section (starts on page 182) which contains lists of days and months, countries and nationalities, general signs and notices that you'll see. conversion tables. national holidays, useful addresses and numbers. The 5,000-word Dictionary (page 202) comes in two sections - Spanish-English and English-Spanish. A concise list of numbers is printed inside the front cover for easy reference, and right at the end of the book is an Emergencies section (which we hope you won't have to use). Wherever possible, work out in advance what you want to say ~ if you're going shopping, for instance, write out a shopping list in Spanish. If you're buying travel tickets, work out howto say where you want to go. how many tickets you want, single or return, ete. Practise saying things out loud - the cassette that goes with this, book will help you to get used to the sounds of Spanish. Above all - don’t be shy! It'll be appreciated if you try to say a few words, even if it's only ‘good morning’ and ‘goodbye’ - and in fact those are the very sorts of phrases that are worth learn- ing, as you'll hear them and need to use them all the time. If you'd like to learn more Spanish. BBC Books also publishes When in Spain, Get by in Spanish and Espana Viva. BBC phrase books are also available for the following languages: French. German and Italian. Future titles include Arabic, Greek. Portuguese and Turkish. The authors would welcome any suggestions or comments about this book. but in the meantime, have a good trip ~ ibuen viaje! PRONUNCIATION You don't need perfect pronunciation to be able to communi- cate - it's enough to get the sounds approximately right and to stress the words in the correct place. If you want to hear real Spanish voices and practise trying to sound like them, then listen to the cassette. Spanish pronunciation is very regular - you can tell how a word is pronounced from the way it's written, once you know what sound each letter (or group of letters) represents. A pro- nunciation guide is given with the phrases in this book - the system is based on English sounds, as described below. Many Spanish consonants are pronounced in a similar way to English. The main differences are with c, g, b,j. If, qu, r,¥, 7. ‘Spanish vowels are pronounced the same wherever they occur (unlike English where each vowel can be pronounced in sev- eral distinct ways). For the Spanish alphabet, see page 8. Stress Except in the cases listed below, Spanish words are stressed on the last but one syllable: tengo, gustan, Fspatia, excursiones. The exceptions are: 1 Ifa word ends in a consonant other than nor s, the stress is on the last syllable: Madrid, acampar, espafol. 2 If there is a written accent, the stress is where the accent is: estacién, Malaga, café. In this book, a stressed syllable is shown in the pronunciation guide by bold type: estathyon, tengo. Vowels a au ai,ay e cisey i i(unstressed) ° oi, oy a u(before another vowel) but in que, qui, gue, gui Consonants b c followed by eo cotherwise ch a f gfollowed by eori Approx. Shown Example English in book equivalent as ain‘cat’ a nada owin‘cow ow —_autobis iin‘pile iy hay ein‘met e cena ayin'‘say’ ay —_veinte ecin‘meet ce amigo yin ‘yet’ y gracias oin'lot ° ‘como oy in *boy’ oy soy coin‘moon’ 00 una win'wet w cuenta muy not pronounced ~ quién guerra ‘Approx. English equivalent as bin’but b batio thin'thick’ th = cenar cin‘can’ k cama chin‘church’ ch noche din‘dog™ a donde fin feet f fonda Scottishch in hh gente “loch” nada owtoboos y thena baynte ameego grathyas komo soy ona howenta mwee kyen gerra banyo thenar kama noche donde fonda Ahente gotherwise —_gin’got" g gamba gamba h alwayssilent = hora ora i Scottishchin hh hijo. eehho “loch” k kin‘kit’ k kilo keelo 1 Lin ‘lock™ 1 libro leebro " liin‘million” ly Hama lyama m min‘mat = m= mano mano n nin‘not a nombre nombre i niin‘onion’ ny —mafiana_-manyana P pin'pack’ op pera pera qu kin‘kit k que ke r rolledasin =r cara kara Scottish accent ro strongly rolled rr perro. perro s sin'set" s solo solo except before zin‘zoo" z mismo meermo m,b t tin'tin’ t tengo tengo y bin‘bat’ b vino beeno x xin’six’ x excursion exkoor- syon y yin‘yet’ y yo yo excepty(and) eein'meet’ ee ee z thin‘thick’ th —plaza_—platha Note d between vowels and at the end of words often sounds more like ‘th’ in ‘other’, but for the sake of simplicity it's shown as d throughout this book ¢ and z: in Southern Spain these are often pronounced ’s" rather than ‘th’ His often pronounced more like the ‘y’ in ‘you’ Int THE SPANISH ALPHABET In the Spanish alphabet, ch and Il are treated as separate letters, and there is an extra letter fi - these follow ¢, land n respectively in dictionaries and so on. The letters k and w are only found in words borrowed from other languages. Spelling How is it spelt? Estacién de autobuses Lieve elimporte preparado No fumar Nosmoking 2902 ps O'S No hablar con el conductor Do nottalk to the driver Parada (de autobtis) Bus stop Parada diserecional Request stop Salida por la puerta central Exitby the centre door Salida (de emergencia) (Emergency)exit You may want to say Information (for sightseeing bus tours, see Sightseeing, page 134) Where is the bus stop? éDénde esta la parada del autobiis? donde esta la parada del owtoboos Where is the bus station? {Donde esta Ia estacién de autobuses? donde esta la estathyon de owtobooses Is there a bus to the beach? ¢Hay un autobiis para la playa? iy oon owtoboos para la pliva What number is the bus to the station? 2Qué niimero es el autobiis para la estacién? ke noomero es el owtoboos para la estathyon — Do they go often? = éSalen con frecuencia? salen kon frekwenthya What time is the bus to Marbella? GA qué hora sale el autobtis para Marbella? ake ora sale el owtoboos para marbelya What time is the first bus to Cuenca? ZA qué hora sale el primer autobiis para Cuenca? ake ora sale el preemer owtoboos para kwenka The next bus El préximo autobiis el proxeemo owtoboos The last bus El iltimo autobis el oolteemo owtoboos

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